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1916 Harkness Trophy in AAA National Motor Car Championship at the Sheepshead Bay circuit. Full information

1916 Harkness Trophy

1916 Harkness Trophy is 150th AAA National Motor Car Championship race. Passed at the Sheepshead Bay circuit. James Benedict won the pole position, Johnny Aitken won this race. This was his 7th victory. Frank Galvin and Howdy Wilcox also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 50 laps (161 km).

Previous race: 1916 Grand American Prize
Next race: 1916 WK Vanderbilt Cup

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1916 Harkness Trophy

7th victory for the Johnny Aitken
12th podium for the Johnny Aitken
2nd podium for the Frank Galvin
6th podium for the Howdy Wilcox

Peugeot L76 - 1916 Harkness Trophy winner

Peugeot L76 #10 - 1916 Harkness Trophy winner

1916 Harkness Trophy results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Johnny Aitken	Peugeot L76, #10	500	56m 37.650s
2	Frank Galvin	Premier ? 1916, #11	260	56m 45.350s+7.700s
3	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot L76, #1	140	57m 10.530s+32.880s	Indianapolis Speedway Team
4	Pete Henderson	Maxwell ? 1916, #3	80	59m 4.700s+2m 27.050s
5	Earl Devore	Duesenberg ? 1916, #17	50	59m 5.470s+2m 27.820s
6	James Benedict	Duesenberg ? 1916, #19	30	59m 23.880s+2m 46.230s	James Benedict
7	Hughie Hughes	Duesenberg ? 1916, #14	15	1h 1m 47.100s+5m 9.450s	Hoskins
8	Art Klein	Crawford ? 1916, #8	10		Crawford
9	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1916, #25	0		Duesenberg Bros
10	Jim Meyer	Pugh ? 1916, #29	0		Pugh
11	Charles Devlin	Duesenberg ? 1916, #15	0
12	William Muller	Crawford ? 1916, #27	0		Crawford
13	George Adams	Adams ? 1916, #24	0		George Adams
14	Bailey Gish	Duesenberg ? 1916, #0	0		William Weightman
15	George Buzane	Duesenberg ? 1916, #26	0
16	Milton McBride	Olson ? 1916, #28	0		Norm Olson
17	Jules Devigne	Delage ? 1916, #16	0		Harry Harkness
18	Bert Watson	Olson ? 1916, #31	0		Norm Olson
19	Andy Burt	Ogren ? 1916, #2	0		Ogren
20	Otto Henning	Ogren ? 1916, #22	0		Ogren
21	Rea Lentz	Romano ? 1916, #0	0		Rea Lentz
22	Dario Resta	Peugeot L76, #4	0		Peugeot Auto Racing
23	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1916, #12	0		Prest-O-Lite Racing Team
24	Dave Lewis	Premier ? 1916, #6	0
25	Jack le Cain	Delage ? 1916, #18	0		Harry Harkness
26	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1916, #5	0		Hudson Motor Car Co

Qualifying Results for the 1916 Harkness Trophy on the Sheepshead Bay circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	James Benedict	Duesenberg ? 1916, #19	James Benedict
2	Art Klein	Crawford ? 1916, #8	Crawford
3	Jim Meyer	Pugh ? 1916, #29	Pugh
4	Dave Lewis	Premier ? 1916, #6
5	Milton McBride	Olson ? 1916, #28	Norm Olson
6	Dario Resta	Peugeot L76, #4	Peugeot Auto Racing
7	Charles Devlin	Duesenberg ? 1916, #15
8	Frank Galvin	Premier ? 1916, #11
9	Bailey Gish	Duesenberg ? 1916, #0	William Weightman
10	Hughie Hughes	Duesenberg ? 1916, #14	Hoskins
11	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg ? 1916, #25	Duesenberg Bros
12	Earl Devore	Duesenberg ? 1916, #17
13	Jules Devigne	Delage ? 1916, #16	Harry Harkness
14	Pete Henderson	Maxwell ? 1916, #3
15	Johnny Aitken	Peugeot L76, #10
16	George Buzane	Duesenberg ? 1916, #26
17	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot L76, #1	Indianapolis Speedway Team
18	Jack le Cain	Delage ? 1916, #18	Harry Harkness
19	Ira Vail	Hudson ? 1916, #5	Hudson Motor Car Co
20	Eddie Rickenbacher	Maxwell ? 1916, #12	Prest-O-Lite Racing Team
21	William Muller	Crawford ? 1916, #27	Crawford
22	Bert Watson	Olson ? 1916, #31	Norm Olson
24	Andy Burt	Ogren ? 1916, #2	Ogren
25	Otto Henning	Ogren ? 1916, #22	Ogren
26	George Adams	Adams ? 1916, #24	George Adams
27	Rea Lentz	Romano ? 1916, #0	Rea Lentz